Living onboard is'nt the Garden of Eden
To be honest I'm not surprised-MOD has often struggled to keep it all going. They used to switch the heating off onboard (sorry on the base) at RNAS Yeovilton in the Winters of 88, 89 and maybe 90 as I recall (I moved between Somerset farms, digs and onboard around this time) as I felt appropriate).
Used to make a warning pipe, "heatings going off this weekend to save cash" or words to that effect. Although we had paid for food and accomm in advance this didn't matter to anyone in charge.
A lot of people just PVR'd and went outside, as per standard.
Wonder if they do or did the same in HM Prisons?